On Mon, Mar 26, Aaron Cohen wrote: > Thorsten, please read the setuid(2) man page! > > DESCRIPTION > setuid() sets the effective user ID of the current process. If > the effective UID of the caller is root, the real UID and saved ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > set-user-ID are also set. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The effective UID of setuid root applications like passwd is root. So the real user ID will be set. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager Base System, Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
